I discovered Wikipedia on October 17 2003, 11:26.

If you're wondering about my choice of username, well, I just picked a somewhat random one to do an edit, since I was sure that I would not really come back to Wikipedia. After all, a encyclopedia edited by everyone is a project destined to fail, right? That was more than 10,000 edits ago.

I lived in Australia, U.S., and Germany for a number of years, and am currently in Japan. English is not my first language, although I think i speak it pretty well. Nevertheless I focus on adding content researched from the WWW and other sources rather than editing the language of articles. Recently I have started to keep an eye on Wikipedia:Requested pictures and look for public domain sources to fulfill requests. I am also very active on the Commons .

I became an Administrator on May 8, 2004, with 16 votes for, 0 against, and 1 neutral. Thank you to everybody who voted for me, and to RickK for nominating me.

Status

While I am still checking Wikipedia almost daily, I am currently too busy to do much editing. Sorry!

Last updated Chris 73 Talk 15:32, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)

Featured Articles

The following articles are featured articles with significant contributions by me.

• Pufferfish
  • Pufferfish is no longer featured, since most of the information was moved to Fugu.
• Cathedral of Magdeburg
• Coconut crab
• Japanese toilet

Featured Images

The following images were either created or uploaded by me, and are now a Featured Image.

• Onsen in Nachikatsuura at Onsen by Chris 73
• Barlach Magdeburger Ehrenmal in Degenerate art, by Chris 73
• Cathedral of Magdeburg in Cathedral of Magdeburg, by Chris 73
• Edo period Wakizashi in the Tokyo National Museum, by Chris 73

• Fractal broccoli from pdphoto.org at Fractal and broccoli (uploaded and nominated by me)
• Cockroach closeup from Joăo Estęvăo A. de Freitas from the Stock.xchng (uploaded to the English Wikipedia by me)
• Mark 48 Torpedo testing from the US Navy (Pictures arranged and uploaded by me)

Did you know...

The following new articles were created by me and made it on the front page:

• ...that a suikinkutsu is a type of Japanese garden ornament and a music device?
• ...that the first military plane mass-produced in Germany was the Rumpler Taube in 1910?
• ...that Hans Guido Mutke claimed to be the first person to break the sound barrier?
• ...that the United States Navy practiced burial at sea as recently as World War II?
• ...that the Coconut Crab is the world's largest terrestrial arthropod?
• ...that the Cathedral of Magdeburg is the highest church in East Germany and houses the grave of Emperor Otto I. the Great?
• ...that Japanese toilets are the most technologically advanced toilets in the world today?

Awards

• Japanese toilet won the second place of the first Wikipedia:Danny's contest. See Wikipedia:Danny's contest/winners.

Goofs

I don't make any goofs. Don't read the small print.

• Nominating 72 articles for VfD at once. What was I thinking.